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Clinical and mutational signatures of CRB1-associated retinopathies: a multicentre study. CRB1相关视网膜病变的临床和突变特征:一项多中心研究。
IF 3.5 2区 医学
Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2024-11-21 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2024-110289
Mo-Ying Wang, Feng-Juan Gao, Yu-Qiao Ju, Lin-Ying Guo, Cong Duan, Qing Chang, Ting Zhang, Ge-Zhi Xu, Hui Du, Yuan Zong, Xin Huang
{"title":"Clinical and mutational signatures of <i>CRB1</i>-associated retinopathies: a multicentre study.","authors":"Mo-Ying Wang, Feng-Juan Gao, Yu-Qiao Ju, Lin-Ying Guo, Cong Duan, Qing Chang, Ting Zhang, Ge-Zhi Xu, Hui Du, Yuan Zong, Xin Huang","doi":"10.1136/jmg-2024-110289","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jmg-2024-110289","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To delineate the clinical and mutational signatures of patients with <i>CRB1</i>-associated retinopathies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This multicentre retrospective cohort study involved 40 patients with <i>CRB1</i> mutations and 40 age-matched and gender-matched inherited retinal diseases (IRDs). The detailed phenotyping and genotyping characteristics and genotype‒phenotype correlations of the patients were analysed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of <i>CRB1</i> cohort was 27.33±14.63 years. Results showed that yellowish geographic macular degeneration (66.67%), small white or yellow dots (65.6%), hyperopia (62.5%), abnormally laminated retina (61.61%), epiretinal membrane (60.6%) and nummular pigment deposits (50%) were the most common signatures in patients with <i>CRB1</i> mutations. These clinical signatures were notably more prevalent among <i>CRB1</i> patients than among individuals in other IRD groups (p<0.001). Early-onset severe retinal dystrophy/Leber congenital amaurosis (EOSRD/LCA) patients are more likely to present these signatures than retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and macular dystrophy (MD) patients. Furthermore, a significant reduction in central foveal thickness coupled with pronounced thickening of the peripheral retina was observed more distinctly in patients with EOSRD/LCA (p<0.001). The choroidal thickness was not significantly altered compared to the normal controls, but was markedly reduced in the other IRD groups (p<0.001). 55 pathogenic variants were identified, 20 of which were novel. Null mutations were associated with EOSRD/LCA patients, and missense mutations were more prevalent in MD and RP patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Key clinical and mutational signatures were demonstrated in this study, providing a comprehensive update on <i>CRB1</i>-associated retinopathies that will aid in diagnosis and lay the foundation for future therapeutic studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":16237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142576422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Enhancing variant of uncertain significance (VUS) interpretation in neurogenetics: collaborative experiences from a tertiary care centre. 加强神经遗传学中意义不确定变体 (VUS) 的解释:一家三级医疗中心的合作经验。
IF 3.5 2区 医学
Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2024-110122
Kayla Horowitz, Nellie H Fotopoulos, Alana J Mistry, Justin Simo, Miranda Medeiros, Isabela D Bucco, Mia Ginsberg, Emily Dwosh, Roberta La Piana, Guy A Rouleau, Allison A Dilliott, Sali M K Farhan
{"title":"Enhancing variant of uncertain significance (VUS) interpretation in neurogenetics: collaborative experiences from a tertiary care centre.","authors":"Kayla Horowitz, Nellie H Fotopoulos, Alana J Mistry, Justin Simo, Miranda Medeiros, Isabela D Bucco, Mia Ginsberg, Emily Dwosh, Roberta La Piana, Guy A Rouleau, Allison A Dilliott, Sali M K Farhan","doi":"10.1136/jmg-2024-110122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg-2024-110122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The findings of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) on a clinical genetic testing report pose a challenge for attending healthcare professionals (HCPs) in patient care. Here, we describe the outcomes of multidisciplinary VUS Rounds, implemented at a neurological disease tertiary care centre, which aid in interpreting and communicating VUS identified in our neurogenetics patient population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>VUS Rounds brought together genetic counsellors, molecular geneticists and scientists to evaluate VUS against genomic and phenotypic evidence and assign an internal temperature classification of 'VUS Hot', 'True VUS' or 'VUS Cold', corresponding to potential pathogenicity. Biweekly meetings were held among the committee to deliberate variant classifications, determine additional clinical management actions and discuss nuances of VUS result communication.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 143 VUS identified in 72 individuals with neurological disease were curated between October 2022 and December 2023. Of these, 12.6% were classified as VUS Hot, carried by 22.2% of the individuals, allowing for prioritisation of additional evaluation to determine potential pathogenicity of the variants, such as clinical follow-up or segregation analysis. In contrast, 45.4% of VUS were Cold and could be eliminated from further consideration in the carrier's care. We thoroughly evaluated the various evidence that contributed to our VUS classifications and resulting clinical actions.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The assessment of VUS leveraging multidisciplinary collaboration allowed us to delineate required follow-up analyses for our neurology patient population. Integration of VUS Rounds into healthcare practices ensures equitable knowledge dissemination among HCPs and effective incorporation of uncertain genetic results into patient care.</p>","PeriodicalId":16237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142639215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Long-read sequencing for detection and subtyping of Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes. 用于检测普拉德-威利综合征和安杰尔曼综合征并对其进行亚型分类的长线程测序。
IF 3.5 2区 医学
Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2024-11-13 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2024-110115
Vahid Akbari, Sarah Dada, Yaoqing Shen, Katherine Dixon, Duha Hejla, Andrew Galbraith, Sanaa Choufani, Rosanna Weksberg, Cornelius F Boerkoel, Laura Stewart, William T Gibson, Steven J M Jones
{"title":"Long-read sequencing for detection and subtyping of Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes.","authors":"Vahid Akbari, Sarah Dada, Yaoqing Shen, Katherine Dixon, Duha Hejla, Andrew Galbraith, Sanaa Choufani, Rosanna Weksberg, Cornelius F Boerkoel, Laura Stewart, William T Gibson, Steven J M Jones","doi":"10.1136/jmg-2024-110115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg-2024-110115","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Angelman syndrome (AS) are imprinting disorders caused by genetic or epigenetic aberrations of 15q11.2-q13. Their clinical testing is often multitiered; diagnostic testing begins with methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification or methylation-sensitive PCR and then proceeds to molecular subtyping to determine the mechanism and recurrence risk. Currently, correct classification of a proband's PWS/AS subtype often requires parental samples, a costly process for families and health systems. The use of nanopore sequencing for molecular diagnosis of PWS and AS has been explored by Yamada <i>et al</i>; however, to confirm heterodisomy parental data were still required. Here, we investigate genome-wide nanopore sequencing in a larger cohort of PWS (18) and AS (6) as a singular test to detect the molecular subtype, without parental data. We accurately subtyped these cases including uniparental heterodisomy, mixed iso-/heterodisomy, type 1 and 2 deletions, microdeletion and <i>UBE3A</i> indels. One PWS case with a previously unresolved diagnosis subtyped as maternal isodisomy. This work highlights the application of long-read sequencing and other imprinted regions outside of the PWS/AS critical region to resolve the molecular diagnosis and subtyping of PWS and AS without parental data. The work also outlines an approach to generically detect heterodisomy through the interrogation of distant imprinted regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142622214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Heterozygous de novo variants in HSPD1 cause hypomyelinating leukodystrophy through impaired HSP60 oligomerisation. HSPD1的杂合子从头变异体通过损害HSP60的寡聚作用导致骨髓营养不良性白质营养不良症。
IF 3.5 2区 医学
Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2024-109862
Marina Eskin-Schwartz, Shaikah Seraidy, Eyal Paz, Maism Molhem, Emmanuelle Ranza, Stylianos E Antonarakis, Xavier Blanc, Kristin Herman, William S Benko, Stephanie Libzon, Liat Ben Sira, Aviva Fattal-Valevski, Vadim Dolgin, Ohad S Birk, Amit Kessel, Peter Bross, Celeste Weiss, Abdussalam Azem, Ayelet Zerem
{"title":"Heterozygous de novo variants in <i>HSPD1</i> cause hypomyelinating leukodystrophy through impaired HSP60 oligomerisation.","authors":"Marina Eskin-Schwartz, Shaikah Seraidy, Eyal Paz, Maism Molhem, Emmanuelle Ranza, Stylianos E Antonarakis, Xavier Blanc, Kristin Herman, William S Benko, Stephanie Libzon, Liat Ben Sira, Aviva Fattal-Valevski, Vadim Dolgin, Ohad S Birk, Amit Kessel, Peter Bross, Celeste Weiss, Abdussalam Azem, Ayelet Zerem","doi":"10.1136/jmg-2024-109862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg-2024-109862","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Hypomyelinating leukodystrophies are a group of genetic disorders, characterised by severe permanent myelin deficiency. Their clinical features include developmental delay with or without neuroregression, nystagmus, central hypotonia, progressing to spasticity and ataxia. <i>HSPD1</i> encodes the HSP60 chaperonin protein, mediating ATP-dependent folding of imported proteins in the mitochondrial matrix. Pathogenic variants in <i>HSPD1</i> have been related to a number of neurological phenotypes, including the dominantly inherited pure hereditary spastic paraplegia (MIM 605280) and the recessively inherited hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 4 (MIM 612233). Subsequently, an additional phenotype of hypomyelinating leukodystrophy has been reported due to de novo heterozygous <i>HSPD1</i> variants.In the current work, we expand the clinical and genetic spectrum of this hypomyelinating disorder by describing a cohort of three patients, being heterozygous for <i>HSPD1</i> variants involving residue Ala536 of HSP60 (the novel p.Ala536Pro variant and the previously reported p.Ala536Val).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Clinical and radiological evaluation; whole exome sequencing, in vitro reconstitution assay and patient fibroblast cell lysate analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Clinical manifestation was of early-onset nystagmus, tremor and hypotonia evolving into spasticity and ataxia and childhood-onset neuroregression in one case. Brain MRI studies revealed diffuse hypomyelination.The 3D protein structure showed these variants to lie in spatial proximity to the previously reported Leu47Val variant, associated with a similar clinical phenotype. In vitro reconstitution assay and patient fibroblast cell lysate analysis demonstrated that these mutants display aberrant chaperonin protein complex assembly.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>We provide evidence that impaired oligomerisation of the chaperonin complex might underlie this HSPD1-related phenotype, possibly through exerting a dominant negative effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":16237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142582367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Six at Sixty. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours in NF1: 20-year review of a highly cited paper. 六十岁的六人。NF1恶性周围神经鞘瘤:一篇高被引论文的20年回顾。
IF 3.5 2区 医学
Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2024-110396
D Gareth Evans, Emma Burkitt-Wright, John Ealing, Grace Vassello, Judith Eelloo, Alexander Lee
{"title":"Six at Sixty. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours in NF1: 20-year review of a highly cited paper.","authors":"D Gareth Evans, Emma Burkitt-Wright, John Ealing, Grace Vassello, Judith Eelloo, Alexander Lee","doi":"10.1136/jmg-2024-110396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg-2024-110396","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142576424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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WDR45 variants as a major cause for a clinically variable intellectual disability syndrome from early infancy in females. WDR45变体是导致女性从婴儿早期开始出现临床变异性智力残疾综合征的主要原因。
IF 3.5 2区 医学
Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2024-110068
Chihiro Abe-Hatano, Ken Inoue, Eri Takeshita, Yosuke Kawai, Katsushi Tokunaga, Yu-Ichi Goto
{"title":"<i>WDR45</i> variants as a major cause for a clinically variable intellectual disability syndrome from early infancy in females.","authors":"Chihiro Abe-Hatano, Ken Inoue, Eri Takeshita, Yosuke Kawai, Katsushi Tokunaga, Yu-Ichi Goto","doi":"10.1136/jmg-2024-110068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg-2024-110068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pathogenic variants of WD repeat domain 45 (<i>WDR45</i>) cause neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 5 (NBIA5), which is characterised by progressive neurological regression and brain iron accumulation in adulthood. Early diagnosis of NBIA5 patients is difficult because they often show only a non-specific developmental delay in childhood, but it is essential for lifelong medical management. We investigated 32 females with developmental delays for coding variants of <i>WDR45</i> using Sanger sequencing. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and X chromosome inactivation (XCI) analysis were also performed. We identified two disease-causing variants, one of which was a novel stop-loss variant, c.1051delG p.(Val351CysfsTer60), in a female with severe developmental delay from early infancy with epileptic spasms. The XCI analysis (which we originally developed) suggested a random pattern in white blood cells. WGS did not reveal any other pathogenic variants, including those in two iron transporter genes. Together with our previous findings in the WGS study, <i>WDR45</i> variants accounted for 12% (6/51) of the females with developmental delay, suggesting that <i>WDR45</i> is a major gene in females with developmental delay. Pathogenic variants of <i>WDR45</i> result in various phenotypes that do not necessarily correlate with variant types or XCI skewing patterns.</p>","PeriodicalId":16237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142522106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cardiac rhabdomyoma: a rare feature of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome. 心脏横纹肌瘤:Birt-Hogg-Dubé 综合征的罕见特征。
IF 3.5 2区 医学
Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2024-10-26 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2024-110349
Florence Petit, Louise Devisme, Dimitri Tchernitchko, Olivia Domanski, Cecilia Gonzalez-Corcia, Lidwine Wemeau-Stervinou, Sophie Lejeune
{"title":"Cardiac rhabdomyoma: a rare feature of Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome.","authors":"Florence Petit, Louise Devisme, Dimitri Tchernitchko, Olivia Domanski, Cecilia Gonzalez-Corcia, Lidwine Wemeau-Stervinou, Sophie Lejeune","doi":"10.1136/jmg-2024-110349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg-2024-110349","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHDS) is a rare autosomal disorder, primarily characterised in adults by cutaneous features, pulmonary cysts that predispose to spontaneous pneumothorax and renal tumours. The syndrome is caused by pathogenic variants in the <i>FLCN</i> tumour suppressor gene, which plays a role in the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signalling pathway. We present the case of a newborn infant diagnosed with BHDS, who died of sudden cardiac death due to complications from cardiac rhabdomyoma. This is only the second reported case of such an association. Both cases were initially misdiagnosed with tuberous sclerosis complex, highlighting the diagnostic challenges. We discuss this differential diagnosis and suggest that cardiac rhabdomyomas, although rare, may be associated with BHDS and potentially life threatening. Therefore, we recommend cardiac screening in newborns at risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":16237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Accurate prenatal diagnosis of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 1 using nanopore sequencing. 利用纳米孔测序技术准确产前诊断面囊肱肌营养不良症1。
IF 3.5 2区 医学
Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2024-10-26 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2023-109832
Yanan Wang, Zhenhua Zhao, Fei Meng, Xiangdong Kong
{"title":"Accurate prenatal diagnosis of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 1 using nanopore sequencing.","authors":"Yanan Wang, Zhenhua Zhao, Fei Meng, Xiangdong Kong","doi":"10.1136/jmg-2023-109832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg-2023-109832","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 1 (FSHD1) is an autosomal dominant muscular disorder mainly caused by the contraction and hypomethylation of the D4Z4 repeat array in chromosome 4q35. Prenatal diagnosis of FSHD1 is challenging due to the highly repetitive and long genomic structure. In this study, a pregnant woman diagnosed with FSHD1 using optical genome mapping sought assistance for a healthy offspring.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>At the 17th week of gestation, she underwent amniocentesis, and genomic DNA (gDNA) was extracted from amniocytes. Whole-genome sequencing of the gDNA was performed using the nanopore MinION platform.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Despite a sequencing depth of only 7.3×, bioinformatic analyses revealed that the fetus inherited four D4Z4 repeat units with the permissive 4qA from the mother and the eight D4Z4 repeat units with the non-permissive 4qB from the father. To validate the results, SNP-based linkage analyses were conducted with gDNA from the proband, the proband's father and proband's amniocytes. Results indicated that the fetus inherited the maternal pathogenic haplotype based on 144 informative SNPs. Linkage analysis was consistent with the nanopore sequencing.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Nanopore sequencing proves to be an accurate and direct method for genetic testing of monogenic diseases at the single-nucleotide level. This study represents the first application of nanopore sequencing in the prenatal diagnosis of FSHD1, providing a significant advantage for patients with de novo mutations.</p>","PeriodicalId":16237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142502131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A novel pathogenic germline chromosome 3 inversion in von Hippel-Lindau disease. von Hippel-Lindau 病的新型致病基因 3 号染色体倒位。
IF 3.5 2区 医学
Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2024-110202
Cathy D Vocke, Christopher J Ricketts, Svetlana Pack, Mark Raffeld, Stephen Hewitt, Alexandra P Lebensohn, Lidenys O'Brien, Rabindra Gautam, Krista Reynolds, Laura S Schmidt, Kristin Choo, Alex Kenigsberg, Sandeep Gurram, Emily Y Chew, Naris Nilubol, Prashant Chittaboina, Maria J Merino, Mark W Ball, W Marston Linehan
{"title":"A novel pathogenic germline chromosome 3 inversion in von Hippel-Lindau disease.","authors":"Cathy D Vocke, Christopher J Ricketts, Svetlana Pack, Mark Raffeld, Stephen Hewitt, Alexandra P Lebensohn, Lidenys O'Brien, Rabindra Gautam, Krista Reynolds, Laura S Schmidt, Kristin Choo, Alex Kenigsberg, Sandeep Gurram, Emily Y Chew, Naris Nilubol, Prashant Chittaboina, Maria J Merino, Mark W Ball, W Marston Linehan","doi":"10.1136/jmg-2024-110202","DOIUrl":"10.1136/jmg-2024-110202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) is an autosomal-dominant hereditary tumour susceptibility disease associated with pathogenic germline variants in the <i>VHL</i> tumour suppressor gene. VHL patients are at increased risk of developing multiple benign and malignant tumours. Current CLIA-based genetic tests demonstrate a very high detection rate of germline <i>VHL</i> variants in patients with clinical manifestations of VHL. In this report, we describe a large family with canonical VHL manifestations, for which no germline alteration had been detected by conventional germline testing. We identified a novel 291 kb chromosomal inversion involving chromosome 3p in affected family members. This inversion disrupts the <i>VHL</i> gene between exon 2 and exon 3 and is thereby responsible for the disease observed in this family.</p>","PeriodicalId":16237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medical Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"1026-1030"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11503160/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142348350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Christianson syndrome across the lifespan: genetic mutations and longitudinal study in children, adolescents, and adults. 克里斯琴森综合征:儿童、青少年和成人的基因突变和纵向研究。
IF 3.5 2区 医学
Journal of Medical Genetics Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2024-109973
Brian C Kavanaugh, Jennifer Elacio, Carrie R Best, Danielle G St Pierre, Matthew F Pescosolido, Qing Ouyang, John Biedermann, Rebecca S Bradley, Judy S Liu, Richard N Jones, Eric M Morrow
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